Accommodation Cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	650528
Registration status:	Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
DSS type:	Data Element Cluster
Scope:	The Accommodation cluster defines information about households and recipients that are eligible to receive Centrelink rental payments (type, frequency, payee, weekly payment amount), and information about homeownership status, accommodation type and subtenant status.

Collection and usage attributes
Statistical unit:	Household, Recipient
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Government Department of Social Services
Relational attributes
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:	Priority investment approach research DSS Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
-	Household—rent frequency, code XXX *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on the household renting. *DSS specific information:* Household rent frequency refers to the variable HH_RENT_FREQ_CODE in the PIA research data set.	Conditional	1
-	Household—rent payer, code A *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on the household renting. *DSS specific information:* The variable RENT_PAYER_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture the rent payer in the household.	Conditional	1
-	Household—weekly rent paid, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on the household renting. *DSS specific information:* Weekly household rent amount refers to the variable WEEKLY_HH_RENT_AMT in the PIA research data set. 'Total household rent amount’ is used to create the derived variable, but is not included in the PIA research data set. For the PIA research DSS the Guide for use information is not applicable.	Conditional	1
-	Recipient—government subtenant status, code AAA *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on the household renting. *DSS specific information:* The variable GOVT_SUBTENANT_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture whether the recipient is a sub-tenant in accommodation where the primary tenant pays a subsidised rental for public housing.	Conditional	1
-	Recipient—home ownership status, code A *DSS specific information:* The variable HOME_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture home ownership status.	Mandatory	1
-	Recipient—rent frequency, code XXX *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on the recipient renting. *DSS specific information:* The variable HH_RENT_FREQ_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture household rent frequency.	Conditional	1
-	Recipient—rent type, code AAA *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on the recipient renting. *DSS specific information:* The variable RENT_TYPE_CODE from the PIA research DSS is used to capture rent type.	Conditional	1
-	Recipient—type of shared accommodation, code AAA *DSS specific information:* Type of shared accommodation refers to the variable ACCOM_CODE in the PIA research data set.	Mandatory	1
-	Recipient—weekly rent paid, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on the recipient renting. *DSS specific information:* Weekly rent amount refers to the variable WEEKLY_RENT_AMT in the PIA research data set. ‘Total recipient rent amount’ is used to create the derived variable, but is not included in the data set. For the PIA research DSS the Guide for use information is not applicable.	Conditional	1